<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Mr. July:
On longer distance reserved trains, the remedy I've seen for an oversold train is to put people into the lounge car until seats free up down the line (usu. a stop or two).
Also, on some of the long distance routes, I've actually been assigned a particular seat by the coach attendant as I board - but this seems to be at the preference of the particular train crew and is the exception rather than the norm.</font>
A friend of mine had this happen to her on the Silver Meteor from Rocky Mount. NC at 3:00 AM (2 hours late) and she could not get a REAL coach seat until Washington, DC. She found it practically impossible to sleep in the lounge car seats, but thnkfully was able finally get some sleep from DC to New York.